Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Desmacella vestibularis
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Desmacellida
Family
Desmacellidae
Genus
Desmacella
Species
vestibularis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tylodesma vestibularis Wilson, 1904 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: West Pacific lower Bathyal Province and Eastern Galapagos Island (Horton et al., 2021).
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Wilson, H.V. (1904) The sponges. Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross' during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.S., commanding. XXX. The Sponges. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 30(1): 1-164, pls. 1-26. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91612
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"Galapagos Species Database, Desmacella vestibularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9207. Accessed 31 October 2026.